Nissan workers deserve better pay and treatment

Let's pretend to be a Nissan worker: Grab six screws, three parts and a couple of tools and get into your car. Raise your hands to the roof for 30 seconds. Get out of your car. Repeat this procedure 400 times over the next 81/2 hours.

If by chance you have two defects in a month, you are subject to "corrective action." As a Nissan worker, your CEO is the highest paid in Japanese industry. You're not the highest-paid in your industry. You have endured some reductions in benefits each year. You have not had a base pay increase in six years. You learn a coworker is not coming back, and the line speed will be increased by one job per hour.

You work alongside contract employees being paid what you made 20 years ago and are held to the same standards. Your company has made $11 billion over six years and has gotten hundreds of millions in incentives.

The UAW didn't just happen to show up. We as workers invited them because we believe things could be better. We are committed to Nissan's success and we are committed to securing and improving the future of our families and the families of our co-workers.

Edward Ensley

Mt. Juliet 37122

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Nissan workers deserve better pay and treatment

Let's pretend to be a Nissan worker: Grab six screws, three parts and a couple of tools and get into your car. Raise your hands to the roof for 30 seconds. Get out of your car. Repeat this procedure

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